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[H.R. 4665 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4665

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
           the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen


                                 An Act


 
   To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an assessment and 
analysis of the outdoor recreation economy of the United States, and for 
                             other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic 
Impact Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF OUTDOOR RECREATION ECONOMY OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
    (a) Assessment and Analysis.--The Secretary of Commerce shall enter 
into a joint memorandum with the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct, acting through the Director of 
the Bureau of Economic Analysis, an assessment and analysis of the 
outdoor recreation economy of the United States and the effects 
attributable to such economy on the overall economy of the United 
States.
    (b) Considerations.--In conducting the assessment required by 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce may consider employment, 
sales, and contributions to travel and tourism, and such other 
contributing components of the outdoor recreation economy of the United 
States as the Secretary considers appropriate.
    (c) Consultation.--In carrying out the assessment required by 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall consult with--
        (1) the heads of such agencies and offices of the Federal 
    Government as the Secretary considers appropriate, including the 
    Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the 
    Federal Recreation Council, the Director of the Bureau of the 
    Census, and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and
        (2) representatives of businesses, including small business 
    concerns, that engage in commerce in the outdoor recreation economy 
    of the United States.
    (d) Report.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to 
    the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the findings of 
    the Secretary with respect to the assessment conducted under 
    subsection (a).
        (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--In this subsection, 
    the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
        of the Senate;
            (B) the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
        Senate;
            (C) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
        Senate;
            (D) the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of 
        the Senate;
            (E) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (F) the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
        Representatives.
    (e) Small Business Concern Defined.--In this section, the term 
``small business concern'' has the meaning given such term under 
section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
    (f) No Additional Funds Authorized.--No additional funds are 
authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such requirements 
shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.